Election takeaways: Donalds joins historic field and progressive scores upset victory in Florida
Donalds won the Republican nomination for governor and will seek to become Florida’s first Black governor.

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Florida voters nominated Rep. Byron Donalds for governor and progressive state lawmaker Angie Nixon for the Senate, where she will face appointed Sen. Ashley Moody. The Associated Press also reports primary outcomes and candidate developments in several other states ahead of the midterms.
Florida Republicans nominated Rep. Byron Donalds for governor, setting him up to seek to become the state’s first Black governor. Democratic voters chose progressive state lawmaker Angie Nixon over Alex Vindman for the Senate nomination; Nixon will face Sen. Ashley Moody in a campaign for the remainder of Marco Rubio’s former term. Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz also won their Florida primaries, while Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick lost to Wasserman Schultz.
The article reports other primary developments, including Rep. Cory Mills’s defeat in Florida, the advancement of Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola in Alaska, and Rep. Harriet Hageman’s Republican Senate nomination in Wyoming. In California, Aisha Wahab and Melissa Hernandez advanced in a special primary, with the race not yet called. The article also describes outside spending and candidate controversies, attributing allegations and claims to the people or groups involved.
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8 OUTLETSByron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor. Left-leaning outlets connect the win to Donalds's relationship with Trump and the racial implications of his candidacy. Center outlets mostly emphasize the possibility of Florida's first Black governor, while also covering his biography, race-related views and other primary results.
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